Unbelievable! I just got an email me letting me know that Doc Watson’s is closed! Therefore, there will be no quizzo tonight. Plans for re-opening are questionable at best. I will hit the streets and see if we can put together another Monday night quizzo ASAP, and hopefully even be able to keep the contest going (The idea and money came from Doc’s). If I can explain that we can keep a crowd coming in, somebody might be willing to do it. If you’ve got any good ideas for bars in the area, please let me know. If I had known that this was a possibility, I would not have okayed the contest. There will be no more quizzo at Doc’s in the future.

Where’s Johnny took a rather commanding lead in the Doc Watson’s Big Money Bonanza, but there is still plenty of time for a couple of other teams to make a comeback. The Quizzo Bowl champs held off the Dropkick Finkelstein’s who came in second for the 2nd straight week. The Holy Pontiffs finished third to remain withing striking distance. Here are the standings after four weeks, with four weeks left to play.
1st-Where’s Johnny-18 points
2nd-The Holy Pontiffs-14 points
3rd-Johnny Makes Me Wanna-8 points
3rd-Dropkick Finkelsteins-8 points
5th-The Wanderers-3 points
6th-Claire Huxtable-2 points
6th-Corner of the Bar-2 points
6th-Jolly Bengali’s-2 points
6th-We Put the FU in Fun-2 points

…going to be announced after a a few short announcements. First of all, I want to sincerely thank all seven contestants. It takes a lot of guts to get on the microphone in front of any crowd anywhere, but especially here in Philadelphia. The decisions to eliminate were tough because all seven brought something unique to the table, and were not made any easier by the fact that I sincerely liked all seven contestants. The final three had, of course, tied at Doc Watson’s last week in the voting. This time, the crowd voted one way and the judges other than myself(known only as Deep Throat 2 and Johnny Wadd, they were both on hand last night) voted another. In the end, it was a very, very close contest, but your winner of the Be the Next Johnny Goodtimes Contest is…

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The Final question for our final three contestants was: If you could have any job in the world (other than quizmaster) what would it be and why?

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The Finals of the Be the Next JGT Contest are tonight, with the final three competing at O’neals at 8 p.m. The crowds vote will help decide our champion.

Quizzo Bowl winners Where’s Johnny took sole control of first place in the Doc Watson’s Big $$$ Bonanza with their second first place finish in three weeks. The team then dedicated the win to Phil Spector, who is currently on trial. In fact, team member Brando Calfission even got a perm done just like the famous record producer. Here’s the standings after three weeks:
1st-Where’s Johnny-13 points
2nd-The Holy Pontiffs-11 points
3rd-Johnny Makes Me Wanna-8 points
4th-Dropkick Finkelsteins-4 points
5th-The Wanderers-3 points
6th-Claire Huxtable-2 points
6th-Corner of the Bar-2 points
7th-There’s No Dana-1 point

I was really having a hard time deciding between the contestants, so I didn’t eliminate any over the weekend, and decided instead to have the crowd at Doc Watson’s help me eliminate them. So last night, each contestant did a round, and then I gave the rather sizable crowd two votes. I then gave two points for a first place vote and one point for a second place vote. And the verdict was…incredible. This is no lie. Moose got 28 points. Pedro Mays got 28 points. Jam Master Sean…got 28 points. Krystyna actaully did pretty well, finishing with 19 points. I had planned on cutting two people, but I just don’t feel like I can do it with everything being so close. Sadly, I will have to cut one. I thought Krystyna did a really nice job, and I will definitely keep her on my email list in case I head out of town, get sick, etc. But she is the fourth person eliminated from the “Be the Next johnny Goodtimes Contest.”

Where’s Johnny (you might recognize them from Quizzo Bowl I) ran off a perfect round four to defeat Johnny Makes Me Wanna LaLa, 113-107. The team only missed one question the entire game, that being the one about Lando Calrission. Billy Dee Williams was disappointed. “Man, those cats would have gotten that right if they had just listened to me and, instead of drinking lager, had drank Colt .45 malt liquor. How many times do I have to say this? It works every time!” Here’s the standings after two weeks of the Doc Watson’s Big $$$ Bonanza.
1. Where’s Johnny-8 points
2. Johnny Makes Me Wanna LaLa-8 points
3. The Holy Pontiffs-8 points
4. The Wanderers-3 points
5. Corner of the Bar-2 points
6. Claire Huxtable-1 point

Edge and Moose will be making an appearnace tonight at the Good Dog, while Jam Master Sean will be at the Bards. I highly suggest clicking on “Continue Reading” to read Sean’s piece. It’s hilarious. As with the other contestants, they had to tell what three people they’d like to have dinner with, and why.

Moose: Because we are unable to invite the entire Wu-Tang Clan I have tried to make a list of folks who at least will provide me with decent dinner conversation. First I would invite Ralph Ellison because he is my favorite author and one of my favorite books is Invisible Man (if you haven’t read it, DO IT!) This would give me a chance to discuss working a theatrical version of his great work and maybe others. Next I would love to sit down with Japanese great Akira Kurosawa, I love all of his work, and would love to hear more on his process of film making as being the next JGT is not my only interest. Lastly, and this is the most personal to me; Gabriel Union, so that maybe she will spend some time with me after dinner, maybe…

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Krystyna apparently thinks Christian Slater is so dreamy, he constitutes three people, so here’s her answer to what three people she would have over for dinner.
My dream dinner is mushroom pizza and beer on a shag
rug with a small dim lamp in a far corner. On the
boob tube plays Tales from the Darkside: The Movie,
and Christian Slater, my Gleaming the Cube dream boat,
is on his way with Reese’s peanut butter cups for
dessert. Christian and I reminiscence on the good ol’
days of Bones Brigade and Hosoi’s degradation with
drugs and skateboard failure. I sweetly tell my
beautiful Christian to never loose that slightly
annoying Heathers drawl. The rest of the evening is
whimsical mockings about Keanu’s future and if we’ll
see River in front of the Viper Room tonight.
Christian mutters, “His brother should really grow a
mustache” and we giggle in each others arms.